US fails the German anthem at tennis fed cup

[Masark]

I wouldn't be able to tell you the difference.

Great. Shall we sing Dixie or The Bonnie Blue Flag in place of The Star-Spangled Banner next time your anthem is called for?

[Tyrianth]

Great. Shall we sing Dixie or The Bonnie Blue Flag in place of The Star-Spangled Banner next time your anthem is called for?

Star-Strangled* banner

[BarosanuNr1]

Damn, those first two lines are so popular that I always assumed they're part of the official anthem and didn't feel the need to check. The more one learns.

[Slirith]

The hell is the US singing the German anthem and not the Germans?

[Chetnik]

Umm... I actually thought that was still the anthem. When did it change?

[shrunken]

I think we can all agree that this was a clever troll and now neckbeards are triggered.

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Great. Shall we sing Dixie or The Bonnie Blue Flag in place of The Star-Spangled Banner next time your anthem is called for?

Dixie's a great song so please, indulge.

[ranzino]

Umm... I actually thought that was still the anthem. When did it change?

1952 and the allies ( also USA too) banned exactly this stanza.

[Glorious Leader]

Great. Shall we sing Dixie or The Bonnie Blue Flag in place of The Star-Spangled Banner next time your anthem is called for?

I submit for your review a far more appropriate candidate

[Self Inflicted Wounds]

I submit for your review a far more appropriate candidate

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=9jFSXfrOsxk

This made my blood turn RED WHITE AND BLUE BABY. MURICA

[Glorious Leader]

This made my blood turn RED WHITE AND BLUE BABY. MURICA

Fuck yea lets freedom some shit up

[ranzino]

At least theres a better version of Star Spangled Banner than the usual


Full version on soundtrack:

[PickleballAce]

Why are the seal clubbers around here more butthurt than the Germans?

And what is this Kid Rock bullshit? There would be no better replacement for the SSB than:

[Kallisto]

Great. Shall we sing Dixie or The Bonnie Blue Flag in place of The Star-Spangled Banner next time your anthem is called for?

Nah what you want is to sing something with the same tune as the Star Spangled Banner and also predates it.

I give to you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Anacreon_in_Heaven a song to sing while getting drunk

[ranzino]

Nah what you want is to sing something with the same tune as the Star Spangled Banner and also predates it.

I give to you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Anacreon_in_Heaven a song to sing while getting drunk

Oh great...remind them their tune is british and a festive song.

[Ravenblade]

We should have selected a new anthem after second world war.

East germany did:



.. and it is much nicer than "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles"..

Both anthems are actually compatible by measure, in short melodies are exchangeable.

[endlesswaltz]

liberals will get mad that someone idiot sang a song wrong, republicans get mad that some idiot is burning a piece of cloth, both sides seems like jackasses to me

[Captain Proton]

And yet, you guys can't even take the time to ensure you're playing the right anthem at a sporting even. If you want respect and courtesy then maybe you should extend it first?

You realize no one here is involved with what happened, right?

I'm talking about courtesy on this forum. Use your small little brain.

[Deleted]

Tbh the irony is that the song is criticized. Wtf is this whole national anthem shit about? National states - no matter what it is excluding and always wrong to represent liberal people. They should scrap this artificial national identity propaganda which is no longer needed in the 21th century.

[Sunseeker]

I mean if china played american badass instead of the anthem youd never hear the end of it.

I can't really say many Americans would be offended though.

[Deleted]

I read a report about this in Der Spiegel. Apparently some German athletes actually started crying and wanted to leave... isn't that reaction a little bit over the top though?

Also, the USTA already apologized.

These are people paid to smack at fuzzballs. They also tend to end education early to smack at fuzzballs.


Much ado about nothing.